Obama: ‘Of course’ O'Reilly is unfair

Obama had already dinged O'Reilly's network for drumming up attention around issues like the IRS's targeting of conservatives. But in an extended version of the interview, which aired Monday on "The O'Reilly Factor," the president also hit the network's top host.

"Do you think I’m being unfair to you?" O'Reilly asked, after peppering the president on topics like the Affordable Care Act, the IRS, and Benghazi, as well as African-American babies born out of wedlock and the "Little Sisters of the Poor."

"Of course you are, Bill. But I like you anyway," the president replied.

"We’ve just run through an interview in which you asked about health care not working, IRS, Benghazi... the list of issues that you talk about... they’re defined by you guys in a certain way," Obama continued.

"If you want to be president of the United States, then you know that you’re going to be subject to criticism," he added.

Pressed by O'Reilly, who said "it’s my job to give you a hard time," Obama noted that such criticism has made Fox News "very successful."

"What you guys are going to have to figure out is, what are you going to do when I’m gone?" Obama said.

UPDATE (9:20 a.m.): In an interview with "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday, O'Reilly said, “It’s an annoyance to him that I ask him questions."

“He just doesn’t believe that the stories and questions that I brought up…he doesn’t believe that they’re that important," the host added.